Storage building for motor cars and the like



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PATENT OFFICE.

KEPPEL DISNEY, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

STORAGE BUILDING FOR MOTOR CARS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed .Tune 12, 1926. Serial N0. `115,693.

My invention relates to improvements in storage buildings for motor cars and the like the objects of which are to utilize the greatest amount of floor space and to provide for expeditious handling ot' cars between one floor and another.

The invention consists essentially of a building having a plurality of superimposed floors along which aisles are provided having storage spaces communicating therewith, such aisles being at a lower level than that of the storage spaces and provided with trackagc adapted to accommodate an electric tramway for the purpose ot' conveying the cars from their storage places to an elevator communicating with the several floors. A further object is to In'ovide means whereby t-he conductors o r trolley wires ot' each floor, which serve to convey the current required for the running of the tramway, are only iu circuit with the current `supply at the time when the tramway and the elevator on which it is carried are in register with the Hoor, as will be more fully described in the following specification, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a typical door of a two elevator unit form of the building.

Fig. 2 is a plan view ota single elevator unit form oi the building.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional viewtaken on the line 3--3 ot' Figure 1. i

Fig. 4l is an enlarged sectional view showing the tramway delivering cars to the storage spaces.

Fig 5 is a detailed view showing the manner in which electrical connection is made between the trolley rails of the elevator car and the corresponding rails in one of the aisles. y c l In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure.

The numeral 1 indicates the outside walls of the building. The numeral 2 indicates generally a floor which is divided -into a central or transverse space forming an aisle 3. and 4 indicates a plurality of storage spaces. A well opening indicated by the numeral 5 is provided in each of the aisle l spaces in any suitable position for the purpose' ot' accommodating one or more elevators G by which communication is established between the different floors. The aisles 3 are set to a lower level than the main portions or storage spaces 4, see Figures 3 and 4. Lengthwise of each aisle the tramway tracks 7 are laid extending to the outside wall and coming to an abrupt end at the well openings 5. Suitably carried from the ceilings 8 above the aisles 3' are properly insulated electrical conductors-or trolley wires 9, which wires terminate at the wells in a shoe 10, see Figure 5, each having an upstanding member 11 extending somewhat into the Well opening and forming a terminal member against whiehcontact is adapted to be made from the feeders hereinafter referred to. The elevator 6 is of anyY suitable type and is adapted for vertical movement. between a pair of guides 12, behind one of which the car counterweight 13 and hoisting ropes are adapted to be accommodated, so that relatively little space is lost to car storage.

'.lhe numeral 14 indicates the elevator control switch which is set 011 one of the frame members of the elevator ear frame 15 so as to leave the entire elevator Hoor space free fromv obstruction.

The numeral 16 indicates an electric tram having tracks wheels 17 which are motor driven in any suitable manner, the operationof the tram being controlled by a switch 18 mounted upon a standard 19. A trolley arm 20 is springin ly supported from the upper extremity o the standard 17 and is adapted to form a running connection with the trolley wires 9 and the feeders 2l'which are carried by, and insulated from, the elevator car trame 15. These feeders are connected with a constant source of electrical energy by a pair of cables`22 extending between the elevator'and thepower-lines of the building. At opposite ends of the feeders are pairsv of trigger contacts generally indicated by the numeral'23 and which are each formed with a base member 24 having a pair of jaws 25 at its outer end su porting a pin 26 which forms a fulcrum or a bell crank 27. The inner leg 28 of the belll crank is normally held in raised posimel tion by a spring 29 and is limited in its movement by its projection through a slotted' standard 30. The outer leg 31 of thel bell crank 27 is rearwardly curved aty its outer a manner as to enable the tram to be run to and from the elevator and along the aisles.

It will also be noted that except at such moments as the elevator platform is passing a floor or When the elevator platform is at rest at a Hoor, no current is flowing through the trolley Wires 9.

I may prefer to provide a. magnetically operated Contact between the feeders and the trolley wires, whereby no contaet is made until the elevator ear cornes to rest at a floor, so that no temporary current flow can enter the trolley wires of a. floor until the car stops at that floor.

Having thus described the several parts of my invention I will now briefly explain its use.

A car entering the ground tioor from the street is run onto the tram 1G upon the platt'orm of an elevator 6. The elevattn is then raised to the floor upon which the car is to be Stored. As the elevator comes to rest at its appointed lloor, automatic contact; is made by the trigger contacts 223 and the shoes l() of the trolley wires t), thus peu mitting the said wires to be energiyed from the power cable 2&2 carried by the elevator G. The tram is run from the elevator along the aisle 3f until the ear to he stored is brought opposite its appointed place in one of the storage spaces 4, when it is driven or pushed ott the tram into its stall` In a reverse manner ears are taken from their storage onto the tram and conveyed to the elevator and trom thence are lowered to the ground tloor where they are driven ott'.

It will thus he seen that b v my method of car handling no space is required in the aisles, wherein the cars are required to pass or turn, so that the aisles may be of eonsiderably less width. and the ears can be parked closer together than is possible inl storage buildings ot' present construction and arrangement.

`What I claim as my invention is:

1. A storage building for motor ears and the like comprising two or more superimposed fioors and an elevator communicating between the floorsr` an aisle extending from tezzee thc elevator shaft bounded on one or both sides with car storage spaces, electric conductors extending along the aisle, energized feeders carried by the elevator and an electric tram adapted to be carried by the elevator l'or transportingr a car alongthe aisle, said tram deriving its energy from the feeders and the conductors.

2. A storage building for motor ears and the like comprising' two or more superimposed tloors and an elevator eonnnunicating between the tloors, an aisle extending from the elevator shatt bounded ottone or both sides with car .storage spaces, eleetritl conductors extending along the aisle, said conductors being normally unenergized, energized l'eedcrs carried by the elevator, means as the elevator comes to rest at a floor for establishing an electrical connection between the feeders and the conductors of the adjoining aisle, and a tram adapted to be earried by the elevator and derivingr its energyY from the feeders and the conductors for transporting a. ear along the aisle.

I. A storage building` t'or motor ears and the like comprising two or more superimposed floors and an elevator communicating between the floors. an aisle extendingl l'rom the elevator shaft bounded on one or both sides with ear storage spaces, eleetrie conductors extending along the aisle, said conductors being normally unei'iergized. energized l'eeders carried by the elevator. means as the elevator comes to rest at a lioor for establishing an electrical connection between the 'l'eeders and the conductors of the adjoining aisle, and a tam adapted to be carried by the. elevator 'and deriving its energy from the feeders and the ctmduetors t'or transporting a car along the aisle. said electrical eonneetion means comprising a' trigger member at. the, ends of the jfeeders adapted to move into engagement with corresponding contact members upon the ronduet'ors as the elevator come.; into register with the floor of an aisle.

Dated at Vancouver. B. C.. this 26th day ot May, 1926.

KEPPEL DISNEY. 

